Gazetteer of Scotland

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Loyal, Hope, Stack, More, Assynt, Vattie,
Shin, Fleet, and Brora. Principal rocks
of economic value are marbles in the west,
and oolitic and lias deposits in the east.
Arable husbandry is very limited, but skil-
ful ; pastoral husbandry has superseded
the arable in much of the glens. Fisheries
are extensive ; and manufactures are of
very little note. An enormous proportion
of the land is waste ; and a vigorous,
extensive, costly enterprise for reclamation
was begun by the Duke of Sutherland in
1874. The earldom of Sutherland, ranking as
the premier earldom of Scotland, dates from
about 1228 ; the dukedom of Sutherland,
in peerage of the United Kingdom, dates
from 1833 ; and both belong to the family
of Leveson-Gower, with the seats of Dun-
robin Castle and Tongue House within the
county. The antiquities include Caledonian
stone circles, Scandinavian forts, Pictish
forts, mediEeval castles, and a restored
cathedral. The only towns with each
more than 1000 inhabitants are Helmsdale
and Golspie ; the only villages with each
more than 500 inhabitants are Dornoch,
Brora, Embo, Portskerry, and Bonar ; and
the first of these five villages is the capital.
Real property in 1880-81, £97,749. Pop.
in 1871, 24,317 ; in 1881, 23,365.
SUTORS-OF-CROMARTY, two bold pro-
montorial wooded hills, almost resembling
sides of a stupendous gateway, at mouth
of Cromarty Firth.
SUURSAY, islet in Sound of Harris,
Outer Hebrides.
SWAINBOST, range of village northward
from Cross, in Barras parish, Lewis, Outer
Hebrides. Pop. of Swainbost-proper, 336 ;
with Cross, Habost, Lional, and Port, 1495.
SWAITES, hill in Pettinain parish, Lan-
arkshire.
SWANA. See Swona.
SWANBISTER, ruined remnant of palace
of Earls of Orkney, on coast, 6^ miles south-
west of Kirkwall, Orkney.
SWANSTON, village, 5 miles south-south-
west of Edinburgh.
SWARTMILL, lake in Westray Island,
Orkney.
SWEETHEART ABBEY. See Newabbey.
SWENO'S STONE, interesting sculptured
ancient obelisk in vicinity of Forres, Elgin-
shire.
SWIN, sea-loch in west of Knapdale,
Argyleshire. It opens opposite southern
part of Jura ; strikes north-north-eastward
in such divergent line as to leave only a
narrow peninsula between it and Jura
Sound ; measures 10 miles in length, and
from 2f miles to 5 furlongs in width ; has
intricately-cut shores and wooded sloping
hilly screens ; and adjoins, at two miles
from its mouth, the ruined strong ancient
fortalice of Castle Swin.
SWINANESS, headland, with rare
minerals, on east side of Unst Island,
Shetland.
SWINDON, hill in Morebattle parish,
Roxburghshire.
SWINDRIDGE, seat near Dairy, Ayr-
shire.
SWINEHILL, colliery in Dalserf parish,
Lanarkshire.
SWINEY, village, mansion, and ruined
feudal fortalice, 12 miles south-west of
"Wick, Caithness. The village has a
public school with about 84 scholars, and
an inn.
SWINNA. See Swona.
SWINNIE, place, with traces of ancient
camp, in Jedburgh parish, Roxburghshire.
SWINSEY, affluent of the Annock at
Stewarton, Ayrshire.
SWINTON, village and parish in Merse
district, Berwickshire. The village stands
on Leet rivulet, 5 miles south - east of
Dunse, stands round a large green, and
has a post office, with money order de-
partment, under Dunse, an inn, an ancient
cross, Established and Free churches, and
2 public schools with accommodation for
232 scholars. Pop. 434. — The parish
measures about 4 miles by 3, and comprises
5561 acres. Real property in 1880-81,
£11,364. Pop. 964. The surface is partly
a series of low, billowy, parallel ridges,
partly a series of interjacent level tracts.
Swinton House is a handsome modern
edifice on site of one of great antiquity.
SWINTON, village in Old Monkland
parish, Lanarkshire. Pop. 619.
SWINTON BANK, seat in northern
vicinity of Peebles.
SWONA, island in Pentland Firth, 3
miles west-by-north of southern extremity
of South Ronaldshay Island, Orkney. Its
length is 1^ mile ; its mean breadth less
than \ mile. Pop. 47. "Whirlpools,
called Wells of Swona, are adjacent.
SWONA, lake, 5 miles in circuit, near
northern extremity of Pomona, Orkney.
SWORDLE, village in Stornoway parish,
Outer Hebrides. Pop. 219.
SWORDLY, vale and bay in Farr parish,
Sutherland.
SWORDWELL, battlefield between
Scotch and English in Dornock parish,
Dumfriesshire.
SYDSERF, decayed mansion in North
Berwick parish, Haddingtonshire.
SYMINGTON, village and parish in north-
, west of Kyle, Ayrshire. The village stands
5 miles south-west of Kilmarnock, and has
a post office under Kilmarnock, Established
and Free churches, and a public school
with about 96 scholars. — The parish
measures about 4 miles by \\, and com-
prises 3725 acres. Real property in 1S79-
80, £7467. Pop. 697. The land has
pleasant diversity of swells and slopes,
and is partly wooded and all elsewhere
arable. ' Chief seats are Williamfield,
Rosemount, Dankeith, and Townend.
SYMINGTON, village and parish in
upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village
stands adjacent to the Clyde, 7 miles
south-east of Carstairs Junction, and has
a post office under Bigg ar, a renovated very
old church, and a public school with